Environment

Resource sustainability and security are considered key to mitigating current and future environmental, human and political upheaval.

Renewable energy is now receiving the attention that it has long-deserved. The best-known sources include photothermal, photovoltaic, photobiological, geothermal and kinetic energies from the sun, wind, waves and earth. There is currently, however, only one renewable technology deemed capable of matching the gigawatt scale of non-renewable, hazardous and costly nuclear power: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), which provides electrical energy and desalinated water simultaneously.

Water has yet to be truly seen for the ‘blue gold’ that it is. Many parts of the globe are facing absolute water scarcity, are water scarce or otherwise water-stressed, with ramifications on agriculture/irrigation, industry, home and of course personal use. Population growth and climate change will only make the situation worse and, although water-efficiency must be emphasised first, the only place we can get more fresh water is from the salt water of our oceans.